Our #WILDFundraiser campaign is all about fundraising in a way that suits you! We want everyone to be able to be a part of nature's recovery. This year we’ve had a wonderful range of fundraising efforts, each as unique as our WILD Fundraisers. This year, our WILD Fundraisers have raised a whopping £22,000 for Welsh wildlife! We want to give a huge thank you to all our WILD Fundraisers. Their commitment and dedication to fundraising, helps us to create a wilder future!
Our WILD Fundraisers
It’s been a pleasure to work with WILD Fundraisers new and old this year. John has been fundraising for the Trust for several years. He uses his beautiful images of South Wales to create calendars which he sells to raise money for the Trust along with other charities. Last year he raised over £1000, and he is hoping to match it again this year!
Imogen is one of our youngest and most dedicated WILD Fundraisers, who has been fundraising for us since 2020. Her 2022 fundraising journey involved 4-day adventure where she cycled from Stackpole to Green Bridge, walked around the Marloes peninsular, and abseiled at Porth Clais! Her action-packed WILD Fundraiser helped her to raise over £400 this year, bringing her fundraising total to incredible £1020! The money she has raised will go to buy new survey equipment for Skomer Island, which will help to monitor the beautiful birds, bats and moths that live on the island.
Michelle and Ben, wanted to give to give back to place they love at their wedding. Instead of asking for gifts they asked their guests to donate to the WTSWW to support their local wild spaces and offset the emissions from their celebration. Thanks to the generosity of Michelle, Ben and their guests, they raised an amazing £1,265.86! Michelle and Ben said, "We chose to support WTSWW because we care passionately about the future of our natural world. We wanted to be married in South Wales and to spend our honeymoon in West Wales because we love the environment so much in these places. Supporting the Trust via fundraising in lieu of wedding gifts is just a small way to give back to a place we love and will continue to enjoy."
In August, David & Amanda took on an incredible challenge, swimming 9km around our Skomer Island reserve. As experienced endurance swimmers, they wanted to use this 3-hour challenge to highlight the importance of the work on Skomer and marine conservation. Their Great Skomer Swim raised an impressive £3026.25, which has been donated towards the conservation work of the island’s wildlife.
The talent and creativity of our WILD Fundraisers never fails to amaze us! Laurent has produced a beautiful book all about his favourite seabird, the puffin, and has raised a remarkable £1600 from the sales of the book. Professional photographers Drew Buckley and Richard Peters generously donated 20 of their stunning photography prints, worth over £1500, to brighten up our hostel on Skomer Island. Laurent, Drew and Richard’s gorgeous photos capture the beauty of the island and the animals that live there, and in turn have helped to support Skomer’s precious wildlife.
Madison worked closely with many of our WILD Fundraisers in her role as Digital Fundraising Officer. She took on her own fundraising challenge before leaving the role to start her PHD in Cornwall. Madi took on the Port Talbot Half Marathon and raised an amazing £890, which has been donated towards our work to connect and protect 30% of land and sea for nature by 2030.